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THE FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING ASSOCIATION Of CANADA 


Vol. 1 — No. 4 


MONTREAL, APRIL 26th, 1919 


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j FORCE NOT THE REMEDY 

? Conciliation and Investigation As Expressed 
1 By Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, The Real 
* Solution Of To-day’s Problems. 


►* cd that although he was a sold- 

♦ ier by profession he never had 

♦ any sort of fondness for war 

♦ land he never advocated it ex- 

♦ eept as a means to peace, Ba- 
♦. martine said that civil war 
♦^ i leaves nothing but tombs. Mdnj 

♦ years ago Montesquieu said : 

♦ : ‘‘If Europe shall ever be ruined 
' it shall be by its warriors”. 


In addressing the members of 
the Fifth Sunday Meeting As- 
sociation of Canada, the Hon. 
v \V. L. Mackenzie King repeat- 
edly urged his hearers against 
the use of force. Truth and ho- 
nestly and not the sword were 
the weapons with which he pm- 
posed to fight the forces of 
brute power, avarice and greed. 

Milton has said that he who 
overcomes by force hath over- 
come but half his foe, to all 
of which we agree with heart 
and soul. The use of force 
means, war, international war 
or civil war. War means an 
army of cripples, an army of 
mourners. Napoleon said that 
war is the busiiress of ’barbar- 
ians. Wellington declared that 
men who have nice notions of 
religion have no business to be 
soldiers. Sydney Smith asserts 
that war is the greatest curse 
that can be entailed on man- 
kind. All the atrocious crimes 
committed in years of peace, 
all (hat is spent in peace by 
the secret corruptions or by 
the thoughtless extravagance 
| stalk over this world in a state 
war 


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Hon W L MACKENZIE KING , . . 

wl io advocated rciuum' amt cooperation rat., or than force bn W 

about the new social era. 


“Take my word for it”, 
says Wellington “if you had 
but seen one day of war you 
would pray to Almighty God 
that you might never see such 
a thing again . The next diead- 
ful thing to a battle lost is a 
battle won, U. S. Grant declar- 


era. 

Edmond Burke cried out in the 
British Parliament that the laws 
arc commanded to hold their 
tongues among armies and tri- 
bunals fall to the ground with 
the peace they are no longer 
able to uphold. 

The Canadian Railroader 


will never cease to oppose the 
use of force by any group of 
society. We will condemn it 
severely if used by the capital- 
ist or bourgeois class, and we 
wild oppose it just as vehement- 
I |y if the proletariat resorts to 
|i't. It shall he our aim con- 
j tiuuously to work in the inter 
est of a higher and a better 
social order. We want peace, 
international peace and civil 
peace. We don’t believe in in- 
terventions, a polite term for 
war. nor do we believe in that 
strangely unfamiliar word, 
mandatory. 

We are hopeful that a great e ^ 
measure of happiness will come r 
to the people and in the pursuit 
of that ideal we shall oppose 
violence wherever it shows its 
head. No one can draw a true 
picture of the tempestuous de- 
lirium called war. We do not 
want to see our people by the 
thousands blown to atoms, 
pierced by machine gun fire, 
crucified bv bayonets, crushed, 
under cannons, trampled undci, 
the hoofs of horses. We do n»t- 
want to hear the groans, the 
pravers, the curses and the ex 
ecrations. There must be peace, 
this shall be an age of reason. 
He who advocates the use of 
force, be he rich or poor, cap- 
italist or worker, bourgeois or 
proletariat, that man is an en- 
emy to the one priceless wealth 
of existence which is life. The 
real wealth of the world is life. 
Defend it with your reason. If 
it will encourage him we arc 
glad to give our approval to 
the work, of conference and 
conciliation to which the Hon. 
W. L. McKenzie King is devot- 
I ing himself. , i 


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having carrier' tl-,. fZ two li!> cTofl th e ' Opposition U, ^ 0,,iste voted with 

- IXPLtk F — Ca - pbeH ’ 

assault upon the last line of de- 


. * — anu ui ne 

eiice by the persona] and very pet- 
tish intervention of Sir Robert Bor- 
Hen, returned to the attack once 

would h a &°’ ‘be House 

lire Of r,? SWOpt a ' va ^ every vest- 

a-«r m canada . « si-- Ro. 

no , , 5,° r Some s( range reason 

not made the matter one of confid- 
ence in himself and his govern- 
ment and threatened resignation, 
t the radical amendment was car- 
ned against him. He saved knight- 

tude rT n I ,e Wreck ’ but his atti- 
tude did not improve his prestige 

after U n f h<? 8aid to the House, 
about * h i S grandiloquent talk 
dbout sac ri trees and sinking per- 
sonal considerations: "If you won’t 
play my way about titles, 1 Won’t 
Play at all". This year, Sir H Zrt 

anfe Z hangill £ about the 

antechambers of the Peace Con 

ference or selling shirts to Rou- 
manians who may never pay f or 

love I t-H C h8d 1,18 eyc on f ’is be- 
in' cd titles and his deputy, Sir 

HmTTf « hit ® ’ ha '‘ cabIed instruc- 
t'oiis, f the attack was renewed, to 

refer the matter to a Parliamentary 
committee of 25 members. This 
tourse he announced at the end of a 
somewhat ponderous speech and Mr. 

l„thn aC ?^ d his Proposal. But 
r h r members did not see why fKey 
needed the assistance of a committee 
to make up their minds about the 
folly ot maintaining a title system 
in Canada and pressed for a vptc. 
ifie Government amendment hail a 
'ciy narrow squeak, passing only- by 


ness that no atmosphere is sn fruit ' 
arm °|-f jeal0USie8 and 1 ua rrels as I 

T," ;’ ’ Particularly at the bases. S ART OF BEING KIND * 

men s ll T™'* a “ d disappoint- I 
ents about promotions anrt $ 


promotions and pre- 

cedences and it is known the ^ 

achan Army , n England has been 
mg with feuds and private bick- 
enngs which were a sorry contract 


w, "t; 

° r ’■«*' »« is* 

Mamon spoke well and Mr. Pardee 

^ afrel ^ | , |dB ^ n ”® )U ” b ® < ' I 'i l ^® r a?*part^ 1 1 there^' '° T BuTUtTe 

T at exdmet vol T o of democrat Si r ThomTs Wh^m/!^ 8 . fire ' 


b '®f‘d> Fripp, Harold, Poster" erino-« >, u- i i"i»ate dick- « 

Crowe, Cruise, Manion and Pardee’ to t T’° 8 SOrr - v contrast g 

ami others would have done so but corns rf'’'" 0 of the fighting i f 
for the -r .. 0, P*' ft was inevitable that these 

the AtlaTt- d be , transported across | 

adl f" d pro,on « ei1 i« Can g 

a<la. So part of the bitterness of I 
some ot the complaints may be 8 
‘° thls source. But where ^ 


By EUa Wheeler Wilcox. 

Hie man who loves his fellow 
man, 

And winds a willing arm 
about 

His brother when the storms 
are out, 

And lends him all the help he 
can — 


No matter what may be his 
I j | A k,1 ights him for 

his usual perfo/ma.^s^ Whenevef I w T/ maTer i at t?Z 7*% ^ Uipped * »» -nauy go^so 'many creeds tt 

an.' reform , s proposed Mr. Richard- and defend r “ the * S " ' ' ' ’ 5 


any reform is proposed Mr. Richard- 
son has a pleasing habit of declar- 
"g it to be insufficient to please 
a disciple of Burns and Carlyle like 
himself moving some more radical 
amendment in a windy vrebose 
speech and then when the vo“ 
conies lining up with the defenders 
of he status quo. In this case, Mr. 
Richardson moved to extinguish all 
he i editary titles but voted with the 
Government. Mr. Richardson has 
rendered some servc.ies to democra- 
cy the past but he is now a reed 
shakeu by every wind and a syco- 
phantic follower of all powers-that 
be. How mercilessly would his own 
horoes Burns and Carlyle dealt with 
hi® career since 1917. Since the de- 
, as ‘ ^oai, the Cabinet has dam- 
,med back the usual flood of titles 
ami there are many aching hearts 
among our dames of high degree. 

b s t°r. r«a..v, i.. . 


So ,naD y paths that Wind and g 
wind, 

" hen just the art of being S 
kind 

~.v tnm”ai AwSTHLSS if '* “ d | 

5 efficiency of* the nm ***»***«*«*u*»m*tt*tt% 

L'-al corns and a — u 1 


ami defend the reputations of his H 

absent colleagues, Sir Edward Kemp * 
and bir George Perley, who were S 

the real targets. He adduced testi- « 

4 ’ & 


Canadia^iui'r , efficie “cy of 'the J 

with aH th M f ' 0, ' pS 811(1 dealt men. I n Mr Creru,-’ 

lenl a "xr h l. Varl0US cb . 8 ^ at great was „o reason °P la tOn there 


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WEIGHTY^ WORDS * 

§ There are no ques- I 
if ^ 10ns of difference as * 
K between governments, i 
K capital, so-called spe- * 
m cial interests, and | 
ft ^bor (in which the | 

* eights of labor or the 

t common people are I 
| vitally concerned, $ 

* either locally or gen- I 


with all the various charges at grea 
ongth Neither in this nor ^ 
title debate was Sir Thomas at his 
ease or in g 00 d speaking form • he 

»' / 8 man who disliked his job 

Tbout tl/" CXplanation t0 offer' 
re iorf it 8UpP ' eS8ion of ‘*>0 Bruce 
m i t( , 1 . Was excellent, so excel- 
ent and far reaching that its rc- 
commendations could not at the time 
beput mto effect and there it had 
wm b n k6pt dark from a public who 

Sir Sam S H fl T ta,Kl the situa fion. 
T hft „ * 1,11 Hughe®, who hates Sir 

he hal^Ti^n a, " ,08t 88 bitterly as 


was no reason why Canada could not 

KaTe 6 f h \ bi “ der twille ’’o.-cssary 
- oi her own crops. On the 
•suggestion of Dr. Steele of Perth 
t wa s decided to appoint a Commit- 
tee t 0 investigate the Civil Service 
am ascertain if and how, the staff- 

creased 'tT? S 

ased. The leader of the onnosi 

t on was sceptical of the valLe of 

ic proposal and suggested that the 

JS ”" W <l0 1 « br 5 

01 ^-elections in the five vi^nf 
constituencies. The situation in th !' 

It thi,,g short of a 

electors whe u^f at Wel1 over 70 > 000 


ue pariularly acute in i ‘"iticism of' t{T e OverZT MiTiT* 

h . .. ’ , s ’ being distributed to ! an '! related some of their misile V'- 

icn ‘ nghsh friends by the score- w hich had come to his ' e T _ 8 


by Sir Thomas, Report l>,c grief to as «»• eause V/ his^down^T """ ? ,ector8 wbo ba ' e no re^rZtative" 
where our exiled were Workers | Stated at , theZd Z'e ZZ’ C thC Comill o“«. «mply7“auae th : 
particularly acute in London, : •••■iticism of the Overseas MinZl? f n °^ S? »!•."? afraid to them. 


which had come to his ’’notice! 1„ 
cussionf U ° thing tame of tb e dis- 


On Tuesday the 15th, Mr Le- 
micux initiated a debate on the 
charges of incompetence and mud- 
dle winch had been brought against 
the Overseas Ministry of Militia by 
Brigadier General Smart, Col. A 

ratt ’ Co1 * Pri ce and others. These 
charges, if true, were of a very se- 

ri °us nature and covered a wide to est ^li 8 h an exp( 
range. Mr. Lemieux recited them at 1 demon8tr ative station within 


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% satisfactorily adjust- I 
| ed by fair, fearless % 
* f. nd honest presenta * 
t blon °t the opposing I 
f Vlew s, with proper * 
| recognition of the * 
| common good. * 

| — James Murdock, * 

B^tl PP t* ,dent of fl, c i 

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ength, added a few comments of 
hm own and called on the Govern- 
ment for an explanation. He also 
dragged in again the question of 
the famous Bruce and Baptie re- 
11 wi!I be remembered that 
in 1916, Col. Herbert Bruce, the fore- 
most surgeon in Canada made a very 
adverse report upon the workings 
of the Canadian Army Medical 


whth C thev m K erS have pel ‘hemes 
everv m ,m t r "P unfailingly 
every year _ that of Mr. S. F. Glass 

he member of the East Middlesex! 

„ , . 0n Wednesday he moved 

to'estlhl 10 ) 11 Urghlg th0 Government 
to establish an experimental and 

the 


In Orpa+ r> -a. . u E0 r ' a( 'e them. 

oil up iuh ' 3 8eat must be fill- 
mi up within a definite time b-it 

1(1 < it awaits the pleasure of the 
Government. Another evil practice 
which should be ended is that a 
member should .sit simultaneously 

P'-esentVe? 8 ^ ^ Le " lieilx a ‘ 


area where flax for fibre fc being 

const H ed ’ lneanin g of course his own 
constituency, and asking co-opera 

K b J*l with^e 


possibility of the industry? arRuv 

i- \ j x * C11 - * o) - 8,8 which previously produced % of 

I 1! r 

Corps. The old Borden Governmeut, 8 , C ®J Pnt opportunity. On the 
suppressed its publication and ap- W e ’ Mr ' Glass mad e out a fairly 
pointed another Commission, headed g0 ° d Ca8C for his P lea and Mr. Crerar 
by Sir William Baptie, one of the - f EVe f sympathetic reply. He in- 
medical chiefs in the Imperial Army l°" ,led the Hou se however that the 

to rPUnrf 1 Jy Iiax inrlno*..,. X. _ i . u 


on T wlr h \ ^ Lplni oox, however, 
ednesday, performed a valuable 
service in moving a resolution cal - 
mg for legislation to force news 
papers and other periodicals tn dis 

close the names of' thei ! ■ wZ °s a n, 
shareholders. The United States has 

f. . Inment with the it also pZ ^ ^ “ Au8tlaIia 

•eceive ,ld m m0Uld ° pillio11 an(i 

l e ZT -r y faVore fiom the 
Hat ion i C f" a dian Press Asso- 
of *50 000 8Ub8ldlZed t0 ‘ h e extent 
vvif, d Z P l r .f nM r, ‘° provide them 


to report on the report so to speak. 
Naturally the latter body reoprted 
a was well. Now a large part of the 
recent charges related to the inef. 
lciency of the medical services. The 
charges, made as they were by of- 
ficers of high rank, mostly well- 

f?r n c C .“ va ‘Wes, are on the 
, e .. of . them very black, but it 

Should be remembered in all fair- 


finx industry bad once Teen Zfy 6 

S S 1 V Th’e n /; anada c but ba d de- 

c/imed. The future of the industrv 

alino ? 3 T hiS ° pinion depended 
Hb* ost entirely on the development 

th at* his 8avi118 ; devices and he stated 
that h, s Department had assisted an 

x-clergynian to promote a valuable 
mvention in the shape of a new 

[hi nl^ a !c ln .t. Wb f h could take 


with uews and as Mr J HSin i • 
pointed out they receive large con'-’ 

maHs° nS pan' < ' 0n " ection wi ‘h the 

aits. I apers constitute 65 per cent 
Of the total mail carried and cost 

,av for' 886 $ 1 5 ’ 39 °’ 000 bu ‘ ‘bey only 
public ?i' t;l0 °’ 000 ’ 80 ‘bat 
•tSOOoZ l '° ntnbutes towards them 
•1>J,U00,000 per annum. When tho 

PUbl “ S ives such assistance it is 
entit e d t° know who exactly the 
beneficiar.es are. Mr. Lemieux 


f, dllline wnich could take d . r mr • lemieux 

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— 11 lay a Liberal paper we said was 
owned by that distinguished con- 
servative, Lord Atholstan. Mr. A. 
K. McLean who was in charge of the 
House would do no more than pro- 
mise to bring the matter to the at- 
tention of his colleagues but the 
motion was perfectly proper and 
should again be brought to the fore. 
The fact is that the publication of 
a daily paper is nowadays a very 
serious enterprise and can only be 
undertaken by rich individuals. 
With rare exceptions the latter have 
the capitalistic point of view and 
while they may make a certain pre- 
tence of .progressive ideas, \their 
heart is not. usually on the side ot 
reform. As long as politics were 
concerned with abstract questions 
like freedom of speech and general 
rights which concerned rich and 
poor allike a large section of the 
press could be relied upon to take 
the reforming side but now that 




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THE 

Canadian Railroader 

WEEKLY 

The Official Organ of the Fifth 
Sunday Meeting Association 
of Canada 
J. A. Woodward, President 

C. P. ft. Conductor. 

,J. N. Potvin, Vice-President 
C. P. R. Train Dispatcher 
W. E. Berry, Sec. -Treasurer 
G. T. ft. Conductor 

Executive Committee 
S. Dale, C. P. R. Engineer 

D. Trindall, G. T. ft. Locomotive 
Engineer 

John Hogan, C. P. R. Assistant 
Roadmaster 

Archie Dufault, C. P. ft. Con- 
ductor 

E. McGilly, C. P. R. Locomotive 
Fireman 

J. E. Carrie re, C. P. R. Railway 
Trainman 

W. T. Davis, txen. Yard Master 
; W. Farley, C. P. R. Locomotive 
Engineer 

► W. Davis, G. T. ft. Enginer 
t M. James, C. P. ft. Engineer 
S. Pugh, G. T. ft. Conductor 
f Wm. Parsons, C. G. R. Agent 


Issued in the interest of 

Locomotive Engineers 
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Locomotive Firemen 
Railroad Trainmen (Switchmen) 
Maintenance of Way Men 
Railroad Telegraphers 
and employees in all branches of 
•the service 

Membership open to all who toil 
by Hand or Brain. 


economic questions largely relating 

to the distribution of wealth arc the 
paramount problems, the daily press 
cannot be relied, upon for fair and 
open discussion. However, its poli- 
tical influence is declining for the 
public have come to realize that its 
editorials are merely varying songs 
by the same capitalist voice and 
are turning more and more to week- 
ly papers for real guidance and in- 
formation. Every paper in the coun- 
try ought to be compelled to pub- 
lish a full list of its shareholders. 

If these were known the credence 
placed in the news and editorials of 
some of our greatest papers would 
speedily vanish. 

On Wednesday evening ^he House 
adjourned till Tuesday the 22nd. 
Many of the Western members had 
already departed to pacify their irate 
constituents and discover just how 
far they dared to go in supporting the 
Government ’a Budget So far the 
session has not been particularly 
eventful. There has been a wealth 
of talk and many signs that the 
Government was marking time. 
Whole days have been wasted on 
matters of absolute unimportance 
and of the Bills passed only that 
establishing the Federal Health De- 
partment had any real significance. 
The rest have been chiefly amend- 
ments to existing statutes. There 
are lurking in the back ground some 
vital and controversial questions 
which must be dealt with, in part- 
icular the Franchise and the Budget, 
and it is apparent that the Unionist 
Cabinet and the Party hesitate to 
commit themselves to a definite pol- 
icy in the absence of Sir Robert 
Borden and his colleagues now over- 
seas. The Government’s action on 
these two matters may decide its 
fate for the next three years and as 
Sir Robert is its head and is prim- 
arily responsible for its policy, his 
return, which is expected early in 
May, must be awaited. The Union- 
ist party are strongly divided on 
the tariff question and it will re- 
quire all the Premier’s skill and 
patience to effect a compromise and 
keep them together. The Franchise 
Act will provide an even more sev- 
ere testing time between progessives 
and reactionaries. There is con- 
tinual discussion about the future 
of the Unionist party. Some weeks 
ago there was every prospect that 
it would be consolidated and a per- 
cent organization established but 


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the idea has had a set back lately. 
Mr. Pardee’s declaration of his im- 
pending return to the Liberal ranks 
gave it a severe knock. Sir Robert, 
however is known to be favorable 
to the idea of maintaining Unionism 
but his success in creating a per- 
manent party fabric, will depend 
largely upon the solution of the 
tariff and franchise problems. 

The Opposition suffered a stag- 
gering blow at the beginning of the 
session by the death of Sir Wilfrid 
Laurier. They were weak numer- 
ically but his long experience and 
skill* in political strategy almost 
compensated for this. Mr. Mac- 
Kenzie performs the technical duties 
of leader in quite a satisfactory 
fashion but he is not an inspiring 


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In view of the controversy raging 
in the United States over the ad- 
ministration of the railroads by the 
United States Government, the fol- 
lowing account of a recent journey 
made by a prominent Canadian 
business man may be of interest: 

We loft Winnipeg for Chicago 
and New Orleans on the 22nd of 
February. The accommodation on 
the Soo Line was excellent and also 
on the Chicago & Milwaukee, but 
cannot say quite as much for the 
Illinois Central. Between New Or 
leans and Los Angeles on the South 
ern Pacific, I do not think the 
travelling public are getting what 
they are paying for. On all the 
roads after leaving New Orleans 1 
paid particular attention to the 
equipment. It is all falling down. 

I did not see one new box car on 
any of the lines, and all their equip 
ment seems, as stated, to be falling 
down. The officials are not court- 
eous and the condition of their 
clothes is filthy. I have seen men 
dressed in blue with brass buttons, 
whose clothes I am satisfied have 
not been touched by a brush in the 
last- two years. The porter on one 
of the long runs was an old negro, 
70 years of age, if not 75, and 
filthy. I felt sorry for the old man 
when he went to make up the beds, 
as the travel is heavy on the South- 
ern Pacific going to California, espe- 
cially now as so many soldiers are 
\returning home. 

In all mv travels there was only 
one train that arrived at its destina- 
tion on time, and that was the one 
going into Seattle. Going into Los 
Angeles the train was late, and also 
into San Francisco and San Diego. 
There appears to be no head over the 
railways on the other side. A great 
many of the officials were slovenly 
and not very courteous. 1 asked 
one of the higher officials on the 
other side what was the matter and 
why the railways appeared to have 
no head, aud he said that as far as 
he could make out, the officials in 
charge were anxious that the Gov- 
ernment should go so far behind in 
running the roads, that it would 


men who were in California they 
passed the same remark about it. 

In going from Seattle to \ ictoria, 
and in the C. P. R. hotels, and on 
the train coming up to Winnipeg, 
one could not help but remark the 
difference between the management 
of the C. P. R. and that of the rail- 
ways on the other side. Any em- 
plovee to whom a question was put 
was very civil and the conductors 
and porters were clean aud neat. The 
brakemen in turning the switches 
were quist and active and the trains 
were all on time. While in San Fran- 
cisco I went into the C. P. R. office 
there and was very pleased to see 
on the window — “ Canadians wel- 
come. Come in and make this your 
stopping place.” I did so and got 
just the welcome and treatment I ex- 
pected. 

Along the C. P. R. there were 
many new box cars and the equip- 
ment appeared to be kept in A- 1 
condition; something I did not sec 
on the other side. One cannot help 
but feel proud of being a Canadian 
and proud of such a road as the 
C. P. R. 

I noticed that the stock through 
Louisiana, Texas, and one or two 
other states we passed through, were 
very poor. I do not think I ever 
saw poorer cattle and they must 
have had a hard winter, and I did 
not see a good horse until we reach- 
ed SSati Francisco and there wc saw 
some good teams. From San Fran- 
cisco north is a splendid farming 
country, with a fine lot of cattle 
and sheep; away head of the south. 
My impression of California is that 
everything there is made, principal- 
ly by a few millionaires and the 
Southern Pacific Railroad. Every- 
thing is artificial. The trees are , 
practically all imported and their 
parks are made out of deserts by 
the spending of millions. This state 
is a great attraction for tourists, but 
wc have a better country ourselves 
in Vancouver Island. I went by 
auto over part of Vancouver Island, 
and do not understand why the C. 
P. R. do not spend money in develop , 
ing good automobile roads there 
opening up resorts and making the 
Island attractive for winter tour- 
ists. If they were to do this 1 think 
we would have a country that won la 
beat California, and iustead of 30 
many Canadians going south, they 
wouid go to Vancouver and so dev- 
elop trade for Canadian roads. , 


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1 sicken Government control for all 
time to come, aud put au end to 
Government ownership of railways. 

As soon as we stepped on the boat 
at Seattle the difference was very | 
noticeable. In speaking to several 


figure aud is obviously only a stop 
gap. The party contains some young 
men of considerable ability and pro- 
mise but it has suffered during the 
session from a lack of guidance. 
Once a permanent leader is secured 
they may pull themselves together 
and they have taken a wise and 
democratic course in leaving the 
selection to a national convention 
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MADE COMPROMISE 

Ye know, Wash, 1 u-df deal, 
but since I got religion I guv up. 
Last night, in Smith’s shoe store 
I seen a pair of cow-hide boo:- just 
tny size, No. 14, and the dev il, iic 
says to inc, “Take ’em, take 'em,” 
but the Lord say, “No, let ’em 
alone; it’s stealing.” 

“The devil said, “Take ’em quick 
now and skcddaddle,” 1 knowed I 
could take ’em and stick ’em under 
my coat, and get away without no- 
body knowing. But biosa : iie Lord, 
I stood the temptation, Wash. I 
compromised, and took :\ pair ot 
shoes.”— St. Louis Post dispatch. 


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THE CANADIAN RAILROADER 


NEW U. S. RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
ORDER APPLICABLE TO 
CANADIAN ROADS 

Supplement No. 16 To General Order No. 27 Regard 
ing Rates of Pay and Rules For Overtime 
and Working Conditions For Various 
Classes of Railroad Employees. 


ARTICLE II 
Basic Day- 

One hundred and fifty (150) miles 
or less (straight-away or turn- 
around) shall constitute a dayJs 
work. Miles in excess of 150 will 
be paid for at the mileage rates 
provided . 

k passenger day begins at the 
time of reporting for duty for the 
initial trip. Daily rates obtain until 
the miles made at the mileage rates 
exceed the daily minimum. 


Supplement No. 16 to General Or- 
der No. 27 issued by the United 
States Railroad Administration at 
Washington, D. C. on April 10th, 
is given in full in this issue for the 
benefit of Canadian railroadmen, to 


No. 27 automatically applies to 
Canadian railroads, and this letter 
is issued for the purpose of advis- 
ing the Canadian membership that 
it is necessary to call committees 
together as intimated, because, as 


^ v^unauian railroadmen, to *u W iiuh W , uecause, ai 

whom the provisions of the supple- 1 . ° ve stated ,thc new rates and con 
ment apply, as is pointed out in the dition5 ? covered in Supplement No 
following ^ ~ 16 without question, under para- 

graph 7 of the Memorandum of 
Agreement above quoted, automa- 
tically extend to Canadian Lines. 
Fraternally Yours, 


following letter to officers of Can 
adian Lodges from Mr. W. G. LEE, 
President of the Grand Lodge of 
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- 
men: — 


Cleveland, O., April 15, 1919 

General Chairmen, Local Chair- 
men, and Secretaries of Subord- 
inate Lodges in the Dominion 
of Canada. 

Sirs and Brothers: — 

There is enclosed herewith copy 
of Supplement No. 16 to General 
Order No. 27 of the United States 
Director General of Railroads, dat- 
ed April 10th, and effective as of 
January 1st, 1919. 

Some doubt seems to exist in the 
minds of certain committeemen in 
the Dominion of Canada as to the 
application of supplements or amend- 
ments to General Order No. 27 of 
the United States Director General 
of Railroads to railroads of the 
Dominion; in fact, it has been in- 
timated by several of the general 
chairmen of Canadian Railroads that 
^ as soon as the supplement referred 
to was isued, it was their intention 
to convene their general committees 
to give notice to the officials of their 
companies and request the applica- 
tion of the same rates on Canadian 
railroads. 

Paragraph 7 of the Memorandum 
of Agreement creating Canadian 
Rail vay Board of Adjustment No. 1 
reads as follows: 


W. G. LEE. 


Text of Supplement 

The text of the Supplement is 
sued by the U. S. Railroad Admin 
istration is as follows: — 


“7. Wages and hours estab- 
lished by General Order No. 27, 
of the Director General of the 
United States Railroad Adminis- 
tration, and amendments tjhere- 
to, shall be incorporated into ex- 
isting agreements on the several 
railways and should differences ari 
se between the management and 
the employes on any of the rail- 
ways as to such incorporation, 
such questions of difference shall 
be decided by the Canadian Rail- 
way Board of Adjustment No. 1 
when properly presented thereto.’ ’ 

and means without question that 

Supplement No. 16 to General Order 


Supplement No. 16 to General Order 
No. 27 

Effective January 1, 1919, ex- 

cept as otherwise provided therein, 
as to employees herein named, the 
folowing rates of pay and rules for 
overtime and working conditions 
upon railroads in Federal operation 
are hereby ordered: 

PASSENGER SERVICE 

ARTICLE I 

Rates of Pay 

(a) Rates for Trainmen on trains 
propelled by steam or other motive 
power except as provided in Section 
(b): 

CLASS 

Conductors 

Assistant Conductors or Ticket Collectors 

Baggagemen— Operating Dynamo 

Baggagemen handling Express 

Baggagemen ’ 9 

Flagmen and Brakemen . . . . . ’ * * [ ‘ ' ' £ 66c 


ARTICLE III 
Overtime 

(a) Trainmen on short turn- 
around passenger runs, no single trip 
of which •exceeds 80 miles, includ- 
ing suburban and branch line ser- 
vice, shall be paid overtime for all 
time actually on duty, or held for 
duty, in excess of eight hours, (com- 
puted on each run from the time 
required to report for duty t 0 the 
end of that run) within ten conse- 
cutive hours; and also for all time 
in excess of ten ccpsecutive hours 
computed continuously from the time 
first required to report to the final 
release at the end of the last run. 
Time shall be counted as continuous 
service in all cases where the inter- 
val of release from duty at any 
point does not exceed one hour. This 
rule applies regardless of mileage 
made. 

For calculating overtime under 
this rule, the management may de- 
signate the initial trip. 

(b) Trainmen or other passenger 
runs shall be paid overtime on a 
speed basis of 20 miles per hour 
computed continuously from the time 
required to report for duty until re- 
leased at the end of the last run. 
Overtime shall be computed on the 
basis of actual overtime worked or 
held for duty, except that when the 
minimum day is paid for the ser- 
vice performed overtime shall not 
accrue until the expiration of seven 
(7) hours and thirty (30) minutes 
lroni the time of first reporting for 
duty. 

Where a more favorable overtime 
rule exists, such rule may be retain- 
ed, in which event this section will 
not apply. 

Where the provisions of this section 
Per Mile. Per Day. Per Month 


4.00c. 

3.20c. 

3.00c. 

3.00c. 


*Rates specified for 
men handling Express 


$ 6.00 

4.80 

4.50 

4.50 

4.16 

4.00 


$180.00 

144.00 

135.00 

135.00 
124.80 

120.00 


Baggage- for continuous time on turn-around 
otherwise January !, 1919 . 


(b) The above rates apply on all 
roads except exclusively suburban 
roads doing pasenger business only, 
upon which the following rates shall 
apply: 


(c) Overtime in all passenger 
service shall be paid for on the mi- 
nute basis at a rate per hour of not 
less than one-eight of the daily rate 
herein provided. 


CLASS 

Conductors 

Ticket Collectors 

Guards performing duties of Brakemen 
or Flagmen 


Per Mile. 

Per Day. 

Per Month 

3.00c. 

$4.50 

$135.00 

2.77c. 

4.16 

124.00 

2.45c. 

3.68 

110.40 


ARTICLE IV 
Guarantees 

(a) Regularly assigned passenger 
trainmen who are ready for service 
the entire month and who do not 
lay off their own accord, shall re- 
ceive the monthly guarantee prov- 
ided for in Section (a) of Article 1, 
exculusive of overtime, except that 
former higher monthly guarantees 
shall be preserved. 

Extra service may be required suf- 
ficient to make up these guarantees, 
and may be made between regular 
I trips; may be made on lay-off days; 
or may be made before or after 
completion of the trip. If extra serv- 
ice is made between trips, which 
go to make up a day’s assignment, 
such extra service will be paid for 
on the basis of miles or hours, which- 
ever is the greater, with a minimum 
of one hour. Extra service before or 
after the completion of a day’s work 
will pay not less than the minimum 
| day. 

The basis of pay for extra serv- 
ice apply only in making up the gua- 
rantees. After guarantees are ab- 
sorbed, schedule provisions for extra 
service apply. 

(b) When a regularly assigned 
pa ssenger man lays off of his own 
accord or is held out of service, the 
extra man wi 1 1 receive the same 
compensation the regular man would 
have received, and the amount paid 

| the extra man or men will be de- 
ducted from the amouirt the regular 
man would have received had he re- 
mained in the service, the sum of 
the payments to the man, or men, 
who may be used on the run equal- 
ing the monthly guarantee. 

(c) Reductions in crews or in- 
creases in mileage in passenger serv- 
ice from assignments in effect Jan- 
uary 1, 1919, shall not be made for 
the purpose of offsetting these in- 
creases in wages, but nothing in this 
order is understood to prevent ad- 
justment of runs in short turn- 
around and suburban service that are 
paid under minimum rules, for the 
purpose of avoiding payment of ex- 
cess mileage, or overtime that would 
accrue under these rules without re- 
ducing the number of crews. Such 
runs may be re-arranged, extended 
or have mileage changed by addi- 
tion of new’ train service; separate 
pools or assignments may be segre- 
gated or divided; provided that 
crews are not taken off or reduced 
in number. Added mileage up to 
mileage equaling the mileage rate 
divided into the guaranteed daily 
rate does not change, take from or 
add to the minimum day’s pay, and 
this added mileage is not to be 
construed as “increase in mileage” 
within the meaning of this Article. 

(d) For the purpose of avoiding 
payment of excess overtime on turn- 
around runs in passenger service when 
any part or leg thereof is over 80 
miles, the railroads will be privileg- 
ed to rearrange runs, combine pools 
or sets of runs, and may establish 
mterdi visional runs excepting when 
this may be prohibited by provi- 
sions of existing agreements, such 
nms to be paid for in accordance 



THE CANADIAN RAILROADER 


Page 5 


with the mileage schedules of this 
order, but in no case less than the 
combination of trip rates in effect 
at the date of this order. 


FREIGHT SERVICE 

ARTICLE V 
Rates of Pay 

(a) For service paid the through 
freight rates under schedules in ef- 
fect prior to January 1, 1919, the 
rates shall be as follows: 


rantee when for any reason regulai 
assignment is discontinued, but 
such service shall be paid for at 
schedule rates unless earnings from 
such rates would be less per day 
than would have been earned in reg- 
ular assignment. 


ARTICLE VIII 

Held Away From Home Terminal 


Present rules in effect to be con- — ~ 

ti ,L, subieet to provisions of Art- more turn-around trips may be start- 
11 J 1 ed out of the same terminal and 


ARTICLE XI 

Beginning and Ending of Day 

(a) In all classes of service train- 
men ’s time will commence at the 
time they are required to report for 
duty, and shall continue until the 
time they are relieved from duty. 

(b) Trainmen in pool or irregu- 
lar freight service may be called to 
make short trips and turn-arounds 
with the understanding that one or 


CLASS 

Conductors 

Flagmen and Brakemen 


Per Mile. 
. . . 5.40c. 

. . . 4.08c. 


Per Day. 
$5.40 
4.08 


paid actual miles with a minimum 
of 100 miles for a day, provided, (1) 
that the mileage of all the trips 
does not exceed 100 miles; (2) that 
the distance run from the terminal 


, h \ For service paid the local . tele XXII; it being the intention 
or way freight rates under schedules that the propriety of a standard.ue, ^ ^ turning point does not ex- 
in effect prior to January 1, 1919, | be considered by the Board here . ,1 r-n +h«t tra.ui- 

the rates shall be as follows: | provided tor. 


CLASS 

Conductors 

Flagmen and Brakemen 


Per Mile. 
. . . 5.92c. 

. . . 4.48c. 


Per Day. 
$5.92 
4.48 


Service 

(c) The same increases shall ap- 
ply to milk, mixed and miscellan- 
neous train service as are applied to 
the service in which they are now 
classified. Where there is a separa- 
te rate for milk, mixed or miscel 
laneous classes of service, it shall 
be increased in the same amount 
compared with the rates in effect 
December 31, 1917, as the through 
freight or passenger rate, according 
to the overtime basis on which it is 
calculated. 

ARTICLE VI 
Basic Day and Overtime 

(a) In all the road service, ex 
cept passenger service and where 
under mileage schedules a more fa- 
vorable condition exists, 100 miles or 
less, eight hours or less (straight- 
away or turn-around), shall constitu- 
te a day’s work. Miles in excess ot 
miles required for a minimum day 
will be paid for at the mileage rates 
provided. 

(b) Where there is no existing 
agreement regarding overtime prov- 
isions more favorable to the employ- 
es, on runs of 100 miles or less over- 
time will begin at the expiration 
of eight hours; on runs of over 100 
miles overtime will begin when the 
time on duty exceeds the miles run 
divided by *12 1-2. Overtime shall 
be paid for on the minute basis, at 
not less per hour than one-eight of 
the daily rate. 

ARTICLE VII 
Guarantees 
(a) Regularly assigned way 
freight, wreck, work and construct- 
ion trainmen who are ready for serv- 
ice the entire month and who do not 
lay off of their own accord, will be 
guaranteed not less than 100 miles 
or eight hours for each calendar 
working day, exclusive of overtime 
(this to include legal holidays). If 
through act of Providence, it is im- 
possible to perform regular service, 
guarantee does not apply. 

(b) Crews may also be used in 
any other service to complete gua 


ARTICLE IX 

Monthly, Daily or Trip Basis 

(a) All service which prior to the 
effective date of this order was paid 
on a monthly, daily or trip basis, 
shall be established upon the milea- 
ge basis and paid the rates accord- 
ing to class of service and operation 
under the rules herein provided. 

(b) In branch line service where 
differentials now exist in either 
rates, overtime bases or other con- 
ditions of service, the main line ra- 
tes shall be applied for the class 
of service performed. Miles in ex 
cess of the mileage -constituting a 
day will be paid pro rata. If exist- 
ing rates are higher than the rev- 
ised main line rates they shall be 
preserved, but the excess in the rate 
over the main line rate may be ap 
plied against overtime. The passen- 
ger or freight overtime bases shall 
be applied according to the rate paid 
Other existing conditions of serv- 
ice shall not be affected by the fo- 
regoing. 

(c) On the other than Class 1 
roads, independently operated, the 
rates of this order shall be applied 
for the classes of service performed, 
but no change is required in the 
miles, hours or service for which 
the former rates compensated. Ex- 
isting higher rates shall be preserv- 
ed. This section does not apply to 
terminal and other roads where rec 
ognized standard rates and condi 
lions are in effect. 

(d) If this order in any case 
produces abnormally high earnings 
because of unavoidable long layovers 
such cases may be* referred back to 
the Director General for special dis- 
position. 

ARTICLE X 

Arbitraries and Special Allowances 

The same rates shall apply to all 
arbitraries and special allowances as 
are applicable ito the service of 
which they are a part or upon which 
they are based, or if not related to 
any particular class of service, the 
pro rata rate of the service upon 
which the increase is based. The 
minimum time or mileage allowances 
shall remain in effect. 


ceed 25 miles; and, (3) that train 
men shall not be required to begin 
work on a succeeding trip out of the 
initial terminal after having been 
on duty eight consecutive hours, ex- 
cept as a new day subject to the 
first in first out rule or practice 


YARD SERVICE 

ARTICLE XII 

Rates of Pay 

CLASS 


ARTICLE XVI 
Starting Time 

(a) Regularly assigned yard crews 
shall each have a fixed starting time 
and the starting time of a crew will 
not be changed without at least 48 
hours advance notice. Practices on 
individual roads as to handling oi 
transfer crews are not affected by 
this section. 

(b) Where three eight-hour shifts 
are worked in continuous service, 
the time for the first shift to begin 
work be between 6:30 A.M. and 8:00 
P.M. and 4:00 P.M.; and the third 
10:30 P.M. and 12:00 midnight. 

(c) Where two shifts are worked 
in continuous service the first shift 
may be started during any one of 
the periods named in Section (b). 

(d) Where two shifts are work- 
ed not in continuous service the time 
for the first shift to begin work 
will be between the -hours of 6:30 
A.M. and 10:00 A.M., and the second 
not later than 10:30 P.M. 

(e) Where an independent as- 
signment is worked regularly the 
starting time will be during one of 


Foremen 

Helpers 

Switchtenders 


— Per Day — 
Denver 

Differential All other 
Territory. Territories 
$5.44 $5.33 

. . 5.11 5.00 

. . 4.00 4.00 


Where rules of existing schedule 
agreements provide mat switchtend- 
ers are paid helpers’ rates, such 
rules will be continued. 


article xirr 

Basic Day 

Eight 'hours or less shall constitu- 
te a day’s work. 

ARTICLE XIV 

Overtime 

Except when changing off where 
it is the practice to work alternately 
days and nights for certain periods, 
working through two shifts to chan- 
ge off; or where exercising seniority 
rights from one assignment to an- 
other; or when extra men arp requir- 
ed by schedule rules to be used— 
(any* rules to the contrary to be 
changed accordingly — all time work- 
ed in excess of eight hours continu- 
ous service in a twenty-four hour 
period shall be paid for as overtime, 
on the minute basis at one and one- 
half times the hourly rate. This rule 
applies only to service paid on an 
hourly or daily basis and not to 
service paid ©n mileage or road basis. 

This rule is effective April 10, 
1919, but in calculating back pay 
from January 1, 1919, overtime ac- 
cruing under former rules after eight 
hours service shall be paid at one 
and one-half times the hourly rate. 

ARTICLE XV 
Assignments 
Yardmen shall be assigned for a 
fixed period of time which shall be 
for the same hours daily for all 
regular members of a crew. So far 
as & it is practicable assignments shall 
be restricted to eight hours’ work. 


the periods provided in Sections (b) 
or (d). 

(f) At points where only one 
yard crew is regularly employed, they 
can be started at any time, subject 
to Section (a). 

(g) Where mutually agreeable, 
on account of conditions produced by 

; having two standards of time, start- 
ing time may be changed one hour 
from periods above provided. 


ARTICLE XVII 

Calculating Assignment and Meal 
Periods 

The time for fixing the beginning ■ 
of assignments or meal periods is to/ 
be calculated from the time fixed 
for the crew to begin work as ft 
unit without regard to preparato/y- 
or individual duties. 

ARTICLE XVIII 

Point for Beginning and Ending Day 

(a) Provisions of existing rules 
that there shall be a specified point 
for either going on or off duty or 
both, are not affected by anything 
herein; but schedules having n 0 such 
rules shall be modified to provide 
that yard -crews shall have a design- 
ated point for going on duty and a 
designated point for going off duty. 

(b) The point for going on and 
off duty will be governed by local 
conditions. In certain localities ins- 
tructions will provide that yardmen 
will report at the hump, others re- 
port at yard office, others at engine 
houses or ready tracks. It is not 
considered that the place to report 
will be confined to any definite num- 
ber of feet, but the designation will 
indicate a definite and recognized 
location. 


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THE CANADIAN RAILROADER 




ARTICLE XIX 

Lunch Time 

(a) Yard crews will be allowed 
20 minutes for lunch between 4 1-2 
and (5 hours after starting work 
without deduction in pav. 

(b) Yard crews will not be re- 
quired to work longer than 6 hours 
without being allowed 20 minutes 
for lunch, with no deduction in pay 
or time therefor. 

(c) This Article is effective 
April 10, 1919. 

ARTICLE XX 
Aibitraries and Special Allowances 

Where it has been the practice or 
rule to pay a yard crew ,or any mem- 
ber thereof arbitraries or special al- 
lowances, or to allow another mini- 
mum day for extra or additional serv- 
ice performed during the course of 
or continuous after end of the reg- 
ularly assigned hours, such practice 
or rule is hereby eliminated, except 
where such allowances are for indi- 
vidual service not properly within 
the scope of yard service. 

This article is effective April 10 
1919. ’ 

ARTICLE XXT 

Rules for Application of this Order 

(a) Rules for overtime and work- 
ing conditions which are in conflict 
with any of the provisions of this 
order, but no others, shall be chang- 
ed to conform to the provisions 
hereof. 

(b) Rates of pay in road or 
yard service, and money monthly 
guarantees in passenger service sha 1 ! 
be preserved as per Section (a) of 


ARTICLE III: 

Question 1 : Under certain condi 
Lons, crews operate -round trip serv- 
ice in the morning and again late in 
the eyening. Will it be permissible to 
pay for each of these services on the 
basis of a day subject to the rule or 
will it be necessary to apply the rule 
regardless of whether the service is 
paid two days or more? 

Answer: Pending the report and 
findings of Board herein provided for 
service is to be operated in accordan 
oe with present practice. 

Question 2: Will it be permissible 
tor the managements to definitely as- 
sign crews on the basis of a mini- 
mum day in each direction? 

Answer: Yes, (in accordance with 
decisions of Commission of Eight and 
Arbitration Boards). 


In order to dispose of this ques- 
tion as promptly as possible and to 
avoid the delay that must accompany 
the selecting and organizing of a. new 
board especially equipped to deal with 
questions growing out of transporta- 
tion wage schedules, the matter is 
hereby referred to Railway Board of 
Adjustment No. 1, which Board shall 
begin at once the study of the pract- 
icability ami the propriety of applying 
punitive overtime to road service at 
this time and of tne further question 
of what abrogations or modifications 
of existing rules and practices which 
are affected thereby should be made 
in the event of the application of 
punitive overtime to road service, and 
shall at the earliest practicable date 
report its recommendations to the Di- 
rector General. 

Following its report on the above 
subjects, the Board shall also report 
as promptly as passible its recommend- 
ations upon the matters referred to 
■t m Article VIII of this Order 


Article IV. 

(c) Questions and answers on in- 
terpretations of certain Articles of 
this order are listed below: 

ARTICLE I 

Question I: Do train auditors or 
ticket collectors who are not trans- 
portation employees and who have 
o status as such, come within the 
provisions for ticket collectors? 


Answ&s : No. 

Question 2 : Shall baggagemen, 
flagmen or brakemen who assist con- ( 
duafcors in collecting tickets and fares' 
receive the rate provided for assist- 
ant conductors or ticket collectors? 

Answer: Only where, designated 
and classified as assistant conductors 
or ticket collectors. 


Question 3: May railroads which 
have a common overtime basis applic- 
able to passenger service, as describ- 
ed in Section (a) and (h), adopt 
Sections (a) and (b)? 

Answer: Sections (a) and (b) of 
rtiole III apply to all passenger serv 
ice. 


ARTICLE XXII: 

Question ,1: A number of Articles 
will unquestionably be subject to con- 
sideration by the Board herein pro- 
vided for. Pending oondlusions by 
the Board and the final order by the 
Director General, shall the existing 
bases be maintained or shall the bases 
provided for in this order be applied? 

Answer : The bases provided for 
in this order shall be applied in the 
interim, except where such application 
causes a reduction in compensation, 
in which case, fisting schedule rules’ 
and practices shall govern. 


Question 3: In view of different 
rates being provided for baggagemen 
handling express, and baggagemen not 
performing such work, how will bag- 
gagement handling express on certain 
danys and not handling it on other 
days be compensates! ? 

Answer: On any day where ex- 
press is handled the combination rate 
will apply for that day; in such ca- 
ses minimum monthly guarantee shall 
apply. 

Question 4 : Does the provision for 
uglier rates for handling express can- 
cel all existing understandings bet- 1 
ween the managements and the men j 
regard to bonuses or special com-] 


\ 


Question 2: In addition to the 
provisions of this order which are to 
be considered by a Board, this article 
aho provides for their consideration 
Ot * schedule rules and practices.” 
What shall be the status of such 
schedule rules and practices daring 
the interim? 

Answer: They are to be applied 
in accordance with schedule agree 
merits. 

ARTICLE XXII 
Reclassification of Service 
Arbitraries and Special Allowances 

The Director General is advised that 
the Board of Railroad Wages and 
Working conditions feels that punitive 
rates for overtime for employees in 
passenger and freight road service 
should be studied in connection with 
and including the modification of cer- 
tain rules and numerous arbitraries 
and special allowances which are in- 
tricate and important, and that it 
recommends the reference of this sub- 
ject to a board made up of transport- 
ation wage scnedule experts. 


ARTICLE XXIII 
Interpretation of this Order 

The rates of pay and rules herein es- 
tablished shall be incorporated into 
existing agreements and into agree- 
ments which may be reached in the 
tuture, on the several railroads; and 
I should differences arise between the 
[ management and tlie employees of 
any of the railroads as to sueh in- 
corporation, intent or application of 
this order, such questions of differen- 
ce wh e „ properly presented, shall be 
refeired as hereinafter provided to 
the Director of the Division of Labor, 
"ho will transmit them to the proper 
Board for decision or recommendation, 
subject always to review by the Di- 
rector General. 

Where differences arise, a concrete 
joint signed statement shall be pre- 
pared in triplicate, setting forth first, 
the Article of this order involved- 
second, facts; third, the position of 
the employees; and, fourth, the posi- 
tion .of the management thereon. 
Where supporting documentary evid- 
ence is used it shall be attached in 
the form of exhibits. Such presenta- 
tions shall be transmitted to tlie Di- 
rector of the Division of Labor in 
the manner provided for the submis- 
sion ,of appeals to Boards of Ad- 
justment. 

WALTER D. HINES 
Birector General of Railroads. 


PREPARING 
JOINT DRIVE 


Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. 
To Launch Campaign 
In May. 


Active preparations are under wav 
lor a joint drive in Montreal, in the 
interests of the Y. M. C. A. and 
the Y. W. C. A. early in May, and 
representative Committees have been 
formed under the chairmanship of 
Mr. A. C. Dawson, with Mr. Lome 
C. Webster as Vice-Chairman, Mr. 
A. D. Anderson as Honorary Treas- 
urer, Mr. D. A. Budge as Campaign 
Director and Mr. J. C. Lough as 
Executive Secretary. . The other 
members of the Montreal Executive 
Committee are a*s follows: 

W. M. Birks, John W. Rees, J F 
Copland, W. S. Cushing, J. M. Gib- 
bon, R. C. Holden, C. C. Holland, J. 
W. Enos, W. S. Leslie, Geo. Lyman, 
J. W. McConnell, J. W. McKeown, 
L S. Milieu, Alfred Price. 

The Montreal drive is part of a 
Dominion-wide Campaign — the 
Montreal objective being $235,000. 

Campaign headquarters are at 
Room 303, Drummond Building 
Montreal. Team captains have been 
selected, and the campaigners are 
now getting together so as to be ready 
fo rthe three days of strenuous work. 

In addition to securing teams of 
ladies the Y. W. C. A. are also sup- 
plying one or two captains for men's 
teams. 


fresh 


1 know what the preacher meant 
when he spoke of the lay members 
this morning,” remarked little Cons- 
tance cm her way home from church. 

What did he mean, dear’” 
queried her mother. 

‘‘He meant poultry,” answered 
little Constance. “I heard him tell 
papa the other day that there was a 
lot of old gossiping hens in his con- 
gregation. ’ > - Pittsburgh Chronicle- 
Telegraph. 


Mrs. Ernest Fairman is the chair- 
man of the local Y. W. C. A. Com- 
mittee in charge of the women and 
Mr. P. W. Campbell and Mr. Wm. B 
Wood represent the ladies on the 
joint campaign executive. 

The direction of the Y. W. C. A. 
work in Canada is entrusted to a 
Dominion Council composed of the 
I resident ot each Association, to- 
gether with an Executive Commit- 
tee. 

I he work of the Dominion Council 
requires a staff of about twenty-five 
National Secretaries and office 
workers. 

The present leaders of the work 
are Lady Falconer (President), Mrs 
N. W. Rowell and Mrs. L. A. Hamil- 
ton (Vice-Presidents), Miss M. L. 
Brock (Treasurer). 

The membership in Canada is 
about 20,000. 

1 he Natioual Secretaries are re- 
sponsible for departments such as 
immigration and travellers' aid 
which require national supervision 
and a-lso for specialized study and 
effort in co-operation with local 
workers in regard to questions af- 
fecting the protection and develop- 
ment of girl life such as, housing, 
education, social morality, recreation 
employment, etc. 


Page 7 


Tariff Commission Plan Has Struck 

Responsive Chord with all Classes 

Ideas Of Service And Mutual Censideration Devebp 
ine As Against Old Forms Of Selfishness 
And Political Trickery. 


Our plan for a permanent Tariff 
Commission, in which all the elements 
of society deeply interested shall be 
represented, and which would put an 
end to tire question of tariffs being 
used as a political football— sometimes 
Ta 1 political bogey-ha. met with such 
widespread favor from all classes that 
we may say there is reasonable ground 
to believe that the plan will result 
Ssui something being done along the 
V* outlined by us. The brotherhood 
and get-together idea can be as et 
Actively applied to tariffs as to any^ 
thing else in our human existence. The 
days of each class trying to grab all 
it can to suit its particular purpose 
are swiftly going. The days of co- 
operation and mutual consideration 

are here. Service is at last no long 
the mouthing of preachers alone, nor 
is it limited to the few good men and 
women who upheld its virtues against 
great odds in a selfish world. The 
war and other national and intei na- 
tional developments have taught us 
that service is the real watchword of 
the time, taught us that service is 

not. only sound humanity but sound 
business and sound administration o 

all material affairs. 

In proposing the Tariff Commission 
we took a chance at a stand which 
would have been regarded as altruis- 
tic and dreamy only a few years ago. 
To day it is practical and progress^ 
ive, and, indeed, the only way out 
from the wrestling match between 
<*Jass and class. 

Our idea on the Tariff Commis- 
sion was outlined as follows: 

The Plan In Brief. 

1. That a permanent Tariff Com- 
mission be established. 


Commission shall nominate one mem- 
ber as a tariff statistician. 

(ft A department of scientific re- 
search, capable of analyzing pro- 
cesses of costs and manufacture shal 
be operated under the authority and 
jurisdiction of the Commission. 

The Chairman of the Commis- 
sion shall always be the statistician. 


article on The Tariff Question. 1 
am instructed to say that ^ he ® e ™' 
bers of our Manufacturers Section 
thought very highly of this, and have 
instructed me to ask if it would be 
posible for you to send us a few copies 
of The Tariff Question, so that we 
might circulate the same among those 
who are likely to be specially 
ed We should certainly like fifty 
copies; and you can rely upon these 
being used to the very best advant- 

age.” . . . 

Approves Principle 


s Each member of the Comm is- 
sion shall receive a salary ot not 
less than $15,000 a year and shu 
have the selection of a qi.aht.ed 
statistician and staff 

4 The members of the Commis- 
sion to be appointed for life, ™ _ 
jeet to the recall of the organization 
by which they have been chosen. 

5. The Commission shall hold 
daily sessions, excepting on lega 
halidays. 

a The Commission shall have 
power to fix the tariffs, to examine 
the books and to ascertain the costs 
and selling price with reference to 
goods of any manufacturer seeking 
tariff protection. 


2. That the elements of society 
deeply interested shall each have a 
representative on this Commission. 

3. That the Commission shall con- 
sist of five members. 

(a) The paanufacturers shall no- 
minate one member. 

(b) The Trades Unionists, through 
their executive on the Trades and 
Labor Congress of Canada, in 
junction with the executive of the 
Railroad Briotheerhoods, shall 
minate one member. 

(cl The agricultural class, through 
the Council of Agriculture, shall no- 
minate one member. 

(d) The Government in power at 
the time of the appointement of the 
Commission shall nominate one ...em- 
ber who shall be known as the Goi- 
ernment Revenue member. 

(e) The Government in P ow ® r ** 
the time of the appointment of the 


7 The tariff fixed by the Com- 
mission shall be final and unassail- 
able unless subsequently changed by 
action of the Commission or a special 
act of Parliament. 

Many Letters Received 
As we said before, so many letters 
have come to the Canadum Railroader 
as a result of the launching of our 
proposal that it would require a se 
” “ complete issu* of the paper 
to find room for them. We can give 
only extracts from time to time, and, 
as we have already shown, we are 
not afraid to give the letters of op- 
posers to the scheme as much public 
itv in our own columns as we gn e o 
the letters of those who support us 
We want every sort of opinion to 
get a fair show. Already, however 
it is obvious that the great weight 
of opinion swings in favor o e 
Commission 


Prom W. S. Leslie. of A - Q C / 
lie, & Co., Limited, Iron, Steel & 

Metals, Montreal: — 

“While we strongly approve o 
the principle of the non-political Tar- 
iff Commission, and think your sug- 
gestion as to the composi dion ot ! same 
is excellent, we are afraid that the 
country is not ready for tins, and 
that it affects the pockets ot the 
two classes vitally concerned too dir- 
ectly for them to be willing to leave 
the solution of the question to such 
a ©omission.” 

Heartily Endorses. 

From Chester B. Hamilton, Jr., 
Manager, The Hamilton Gear and Ma- 
chine Company, Toronto: 

“We heartily endorse your stand 
i„ favor of a permanent Tariff Com- 
mission and a scientific and non-po- 
litical control of all tariff matte, s. 
We believe that the manufacturers 
practically without exception will be 
strongly with you in this matter. | 
i “ please send ns half a dozen extra 
copies of this advance proof and also 
I make sure that copies go to Mr. Him- 
toh Manager, Tariff Department, ot 
the Canadian Manufacturers Associa- 
tion, Toronto, and to Mr. Newton, Ed- 
i'tor, Canadian Machinery. 


The Only Way. 


“If manufacturers could run on 
the same principal as “Ford” with 
his one car, the price on all goods 
would eertainly come down. Theie 
are too many manufacturers m Can- 
ada making the one article and it 
this difficulty could be overcome tar- 
iff would not enter into question at 
all Don’t think for a minute that 
our idea is that with one manufactur- 
er making one line of goods, that he 
would be in a position to keep the 
prices up. That is not our idea a* 
all but boiled down to a out shell, 
is for the factory to get big runs on 
goods coming through his plant, and 
at the present time we cannot do that 
because, we ltave so much opposition. 

If we were onl yimaking certain goods 
in our lines, and had no competition 
to speak of, and could bring these 
through in large quantities, we would 
get our prices down considerably and 
we know that every manufacturer will 
tell you the same thing. 

“Another thing is tliat the lines 
of manufacturing should be more 
standardized, and not so many differ- 
ent kinds of one article made. That 
to-day is another thing that manu- 
facturers are up against. We hope 
tha t we have made ourselves clear 
enough, so that you will get the point 
that we want to bring out, 

< i There is another thing that must 
be taken into consideration on the 
Tariff question, and this is that we 
have not got the papulation to sup- 
ply like the States have, and there- 
fore this must be considered. We can- 
not manufacture as cheaply as our 
competitors in the U. S. A. because 
all our lumber comes from the south 
and, of course, that means more 
freight, and furthermore we have not 
got the large population as in the 
U. S. A., and it is therefore neces- 
sary that we have to have a certain 
amount of tariff in our favor. 


Following are a few more extracts 
from letters received: 

Wants Fifty Copies 

From F. Maudure Sclanders, F.R. 
G S., Commissioner, Border Cham- 
ber of Commerce, comprising Ford 
Walkerville, Windsor, Sandwich and 
O jibway, Ont. — 

“At last meeting of the Manufact- 
urers’ Section of this Chamber, Mr. 
H. H. Walker, the Chairman thereol, 
submitted a circular letter from you 
dated 20tli ult. enclosing a most int- 
eresting, thoughtful and instructive 


From Charles A. Moore, President 
and Manager, The Stratford Manufac- 
turing Co., Limited, Stratford, Ont:- 
“We believe that your suggestion 
of a Tariff Commission, is the only 
wav to overcome this question satis- 
factorily. We would like to add one 
matter that the commission should 
consider, and that is competition be- 
tween the Canadian Manufacturers, 
and increasing the production m each 
factory on a few lines rather than 
making a couple hundred. If it were 
posible that one factory would man- 
ufacture, for example, five differ 
e.nt articles, and make them in large 
quantities, instead of at the presen 
time, making one hundred different 
lines, and only making them in email 
quantities. In this way the cost ot 
production could be brought donw con- 
siderable, but the way it is to day 
when one manufacturer makes an art- 
icle, and spends a lot of time in 
bringing it out, before he knows he 
has competition on that one art ic e 
from probably three or four differ- 
ent sources, and it is therefore neces 
sary in order to keep this factory go 
ing to branch out into other lines, 
and instead of bringing goods through 
in large quantities, he can only bring 
them through in small quantities be- 
cause his trade can only take so many. 


FOUND IT PUZZLING 

Ail old negro man went to the do3- 
tor for a prescription for some ai.- i 
ment that he had and was given a J 
box of pills. 

The next day he returned to the 
doctor’s office. 

“How do you feel now?” aike(J 
the doctor. 

“Jest ’bout de same, sah, au- 
wered the negro. 

“Did you get the pills?” 
“Yessah.” 

“Did you take them?” 

4 ‘ No, sah.” 

“Why not?” 

‘ 1 Kase, doctor, de label on de box 
said, “Take one pill three times a 
dav’” Ah jest condn’t understand’ 
how I’se gome ter take one pill 
moh’n once, so Ah’s come back fo’ 
fu’ther instructions.” — Rochester 
Democrat. 

» 

BOTH GETTING EDUCATED 

* * The old nmn is giving Bill a 

liberal education.” 

“Yes, and Bill is certainly giv- 
ing the old man an education in 
liberal ity . ’ ’—Boat on Transcript . 


Page 8 


THE CANADIAN RAILROADER 


GEOZICE PIEUCE 


t Free Street Cars i 


E-Eiron 


/ 


A N A.«o“.»T,w!;t r £fc aCk "°’!' W * ed ’» '» n w ’7f 

« tr « '» fe Mr b wiiCsJ^. sir 2, «' 

Z m ° f *» - .noJiUtTwar 

^'Z*$££S% Smoy'«»d"“U h . e '"" M - "r 1 <*• 

delegated to others the right to put ' Z'Z' the J"" e they 

it very easy for people to ««■„ tv P p a , 8 0,1 the road, making 

we gave to other people the ri^ht’Vnnt^ 1106 t0 ai ‘, other ’ -> nst as 
these people, to get Liiinmt’;, L * * ui- d ? W ? steel ra,Js - Later 

I can appreciate the a'S ? It ' n, the to11 K«te and 
it was proposed that the oil gate Should h? f Massa<;huspt,s "'hen 

r:s^ c zi w 

people come to live in that nart ifMii* • ° ^ r °i? W and thousands of 
impossible for everybody to wmI^ r* *' )iec< ? terr itory it becomes 
they work. The sK is there but th. "' here they livc f ‘> where 
tanee is too great So then «L t y cai1 not. use it, the dis- 

provided a moving street and Ja I Z 7 I T ’ Why ’ wp have 
It is a municipal function ^f'^’ that the street railway is. 
keeping. ' nmt ' Uon - lt ls part °f the municipal house- 1 

before^hlV'ls'goIno-^ to Lyni1 does h or not, 

•or “ ki ,"h? *?* 

posal has been backed for eight years Z TZ" 0 " Thfi I”'"- ! 
millionaire, business man "of \ y a public-spirited, multi- 

and the people o?Tv,m iv' that hZ ~ Mr ' Ral I )h S - Bauer, j 
that he didn’t finish The' hill ^ Z ' ieve , r Parted anything yet 

' proposed „u,« flT '*/ 

vote whether or not the eitv sl.'.l I ! t a referendum to 
Ulirns and substitute for the nL f the tracks, wires and ear 
one-man operated cars which would ”iL 6 ? ,HPment <>ne hundred, 
carry all passengers freHakin ° thl glv ® a » unproved service and 
reduced cos, „f operation „ ”, he *««* 

Stil W rfX' Vr **!» Committal of Street j 
Ids argument for the experiment '’ tIic , J t gls a . tl ' re ?"d presented 1 
take action during May If the hill i' expected to ’ 

to take a referenda n under he I t Z f. 888 * 1 ’ " is Proposed 
Act of Massachusetts, fn thi^ event tZ Z V^ Referend >™ 
cars for every city nad town in th ow °peration of free street 
Political leaders are already nr Jr , State would be voted upon, 
vote overwhelmingly in its favor ‘ M -"p that ,he 1>ewple W0ldd 
statistical records to prove that thY ^7 presented da <a and 
^ reduced by 50% 1 that the ( ' osl « d operation would be 1 

now exists. The au'ditin-- denVnf..^ *° |m n.’? 1 lnana ^ en 'Cnt that 
would be no secret service to eheck mw?' * T abo ! ished - There 

7„ l, K° r 

and paid for by the City I* the’ oj^^t im"" 


publ h! 'ser^ce F 1 ilnTcIe^ street car wdf be h When a 

people. The street car rider is afteT.llih^^^ free to the 
community prosperous IA »• * a ’ nian w ^° m akes any 

pmnldng' the S "if *“ d » »*W iJl 

smoky factory districts to sub nrhfl 1 e to move from the 
<-an pla.v i„ ,V r , “ ■ , ,1". to , «"* children 

tmk of one fight a- i,M t. "m! . !t ,de "' ees - ™s i* the 

our anhurbs we “*I»- 

homes that will brino* health n b \! 1,c J lng: moderately-priced 
then wc cap our efforts hv fin • ^° rt to the residents and 
high fares that he is unable (,!’ n^, n "p' h ! h SU i >,lrban j te with such 
hnii to build. Bv this enlightened r ^ ' 0nie <hat we " rged 
* -« - ho - "• cirivi " 8 - 

rthcsScSr, g-A's?* r M want "■ **• »" 

street car riding is not aTiifinS STS* ''J* ,ir *‘ P- a oc. 
not got the time; and thirdly it i« o secon< %> people have 
for purposes of legitimate t ransnorHi l eas -T P1 ina 1 tter to regulate it 
Mr. Bauer is very sSfic ^ The bil1 introduced by 

regulating the use^ofW car ThJmfthor 80 ?^ 1 kV^ matter of 

>s not a destructive thinrabont t^ i n ° f xxr ebl11 sa ^ S: <<Th ere 
would not he an empty house lot in the cit / ree Cars t b ere 

years. The men who could It ll!/ C * ty L y« n m a few 
car service could not -iffmvA -Ployment m Lynn under free 
vertisemen, ymltanlfK 1?*-!^*^^ As “ «1- 
position, nothing approaches it. ’ 88 8 val «e-increasing pro- 

of iZ'-Tta X «y valn'r' 8 ""* ,0 lhe ”»*“«■ 

would be sufficient to take care of the 1 in sevp n or eight years 
cars absolutely free The nponle i x P eil ses of operating these 

«f People who opposed pnbl^M ZZf St f e tbe sara « ^» d 
member tax pavers JtthZ , “®?“ and f . ree text b °oks. I re- 

I no children. Every "tax pave? mv« ? rot f tln ^ because they had 
but as an investment in flic J Z taxes not as a n expense 
! easier for him to Hv c i„ ‘ a co ToZT? b T fH that makp « it 
is an expense. ” P e > Prosperity and comfort. It, never 

recognized in Montreal 'am/ 'idhc? 6 flo in ^i!- e is alre ady broadly 
since our policemen, firemen and L ''t"” Canadian cities 

transportation for the Je Zrli lS»T' ,, h ™ e - 1)66,1 ffiven free 
munity. general benefit of all citizens of the com- 

tK,'£S?” , :~ B ° W m '" 4 ode m . refer,„ d „ m of 


A nswer.— You can never tell until you try! 



Union Men, Take Notice 


* ♦ * ♦ * ♦ * ♦ 


T ^ T t ^ >r ♦ 

tib Montreal J^iiilrlor-^ ? Pvnh,, 
shall be done only with m-o- 8ng f- proposed that, business 
cention t Z ' ■ organizations that, have a local in- 

At a time when eveTthe CO d?r at i ed 8nd that coutro1 the men. 
who have the destiny of tj„> ZrhZ™ 1° ■ t ^ 6 Peace Conference, 
international trades* unionism -mrl m tbelr hands ’ are advocating 
^lay in an effort to intom r llr p ln ^ a standard eight-hour 

Exchange « Z i h, «» Montreal Bnildcrc’ 

intc„,a&n»Tlatoi doi V* 1 } “ I1 ,he WM ' ld 

winch wc have but one answer : “(i.md high! •" r<!<l " ,, ' < ” nellte . “ 

tlic sand man eomes^and'the nS SfX’T" '"T'" whe " 

the eyes droop and the dusk of tu ‘ • da - v ’. grow dim, when 

calm, to say to the sleepy ones, '‘Good nigh?/’ itS resistI ^s 



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THE CANADIAN RAILROADER 


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Social Column Snobbery 


E NTHUSIASTS for nationalization have frequently asked us 
to account for the opposition of railroadmen in general 
against the nationalization of railroads. Briefly, when 
workers of all classes have had to bring their grievances before 
the government as an employer, situations have arisen which 
brought forward great controversial bitterness. The government 
is always impersonal and the government, no matter what govern- 
ment happens to be in power, is impersonal and politic 

a very hard proposition for organized labor to run up against. 
We have never heard such expressions of bitterness and wrath 
come from the lips of labor leaders as followed the occasion when 
the shipbuilding and allied organizations approached the govern- 
ment on the question of the shipbuilding programme and the em- 
ployment of union labor. 

The men felt that there was no human sympathy to which 
they might appeal, there were no ears to hear, no eyes to see. 
They were talking to the government, a corporated automaton, 
a caste colossus that somehow or other moved with the precision 
of a machine. The men who came from that conference are still 
blazing a trail with fiery denunciation. 

The railroadman realizes that with nationalization he becomes 
a servant in the great machinery of government and this idea is 
more than obnoxious to men who live in the open, who have strong 
opinions of their own and who do not hesitate to voice them. 
When that day comes when the government is truly reflective 
of the finer sentiments of its people the railroadman may modify 
his view. 


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• Napoleonism Is Dead * 

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A FTER being <5n strike for exactly one week the employees 
of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Co. returned to 
their duties on April 16th, with all their demands grant- 
ed — recognition of the union, of the principle of the eight-hour 
day, of collective bargaining for bettering wages and working 
conditions. 

To most people it was obvious that the Company never had 
the ghost of a chance of beating the employees, not merely because 
of the tie-up of gas and electric light and power service that was 
threatened, but mainly because of the “Thank-God-you’ve-got-a- 
kind-master ’ ’ stuff that the Company tried to put over in the year 
nineteen-hundred and nineteen. 

Workers know what they want and the ways to get it. They 
realize that unionism is the first step towards freedom of speech 
and self-respect in regard to their working affairs, and the em- 
ployer is either asleep or foolhardy, no matter what his wealth or 
“pull” may be, who would dare to-day to oppose the formation 
of a union amongst his employees. Organized labor will lick the 
stuffin’ out of him every time, and he will have missed the op- 
portunity of making friends with his employees in their efforts 
at improving their conditions. 

Many leaders of both labor and capital thought that the 
Power Company had more horse sense than to try to buck organ- 
ized labor on its very fundamentals. The Power Company thought 
that the Napoleon business was still operative, instead of being, as 
it is, as dead as a slab of mutton. The Company has learnt a 
little lesson that will do it good, and also supply a warning to the 
remnant of the old guard who think that precedent, place and 
privilege rule the universe. 


I SN’T it about time that that relic of conceit, snobbery and 
milky brains, the social column, was obliterated from our 
Canadian daily newspapers? 

While the world rumbles and the newspapers are loaded with 
momentous news that stirs humanity to its very depths, Mrs. 
Social Set, whose doings are of no earthly interest to anyone ex- 
cept herself and her own little circle of ostriches and publicity 
anglers, insists that the big newspapers record the fact that she 
has gone to Old Orchard Beach, or that she has entertained some 
“guest of honor”, or that somebody “poured tea”, or that “covers 
were laid for ten” and the “decorations* were effectively carried 
out”, or that she has taken a cottage at the lake shore. 

Mrs. Social Set may think that it is news of public interest, 
but that only goes to show how small she is. The ordinary reader 
does not know Mrs. Social Set, has no desire to know her, and 
does not care a tinker’s cuss what she does. He regards her as a 
light-headed nonentity who has no right to free advertising, and 
that is the bulk of liis interest in her. 

Women are doing things in the world to-day, and the sooner 
Mrs. Social Set gets away from the idea that the world revolves 
around her and her class, and gets out to do something for the 
world, as her sisters are doing, the better it will be for the world 
— and for herself, because the world is getting impatient and 
irritated with persons of her stamp. 

If the social column were dropped out bod \y the newspapers 
would be more in keeping with the spirit of the times. 


NATURE BALKS SELFISH 


The man who pivots on self swings 
in a narrow -circle. And no matter 
how scrupulously he may order his 
life in selfishness, nature circum- 
vents him at every turn. Whatever 
he may do for himself, he must serve 
others in spite of all he can do to 
prevent it. All he can succeed in ac- 
complishing is in robbing himself 
of the satisfaction which conscious 
service brings. If he milks a cow 
for his own purpose and that alone, 
he is still serving the -cow, but he 
robs himself of the pleasure which 
comes from knowing that. If he 
plants a field in a purely selfish 
spirit, he is still serving myriads of 
seeds and giving them their chance 
of life; but his selfishness robs him 
of that knowledge. If he is in busi- 
ness for himself and for himself 
alone, his very business serves the 
uses of others; but he loses his di- 
vidend of satisfaction by shutting 
this fact out of his calculations. 

The man who would live in utter 
selfishness could only lie down and 
die, and even then his body would 
feed the growing things of the 
earth. 

You see, nature has shut selfish- 
ness out of every part of her do- 
main; it can only live in the mind 
that would harbor it. Ultimately, no 
one suffers from selfishness but the 
selfish man himself. He alone is 
cheated. 

It is the law of life that whatever 
the motive of our action, the action 
itself has relations far beyond our 
control. We cannot monopolize the 
benefit of anything we do. But in 
the motive lies the whole secret of 
our own reward. If we dehumanize 


the motive, we deprive ourselves of 
a legitimate satisfaction, while the 
work we do serves the purpose of 
others just the same. The master of 
a large business may work only for 
the increase of his own wealth, 
and yet his business perforce serves 
the ends of others. It aids commer- 
ce; it gives employment and liveli- 
hood to numbers of men; it provides 
widespread benefits in every direc- 
tion. If the master of the business 
drew his satisfaction from these 
facts, his reward would be increas- 
ed an hundredfold. He would have a 
share in the joy of everyone whom 
his business benefitted. But when 
he refuses this, preferring to re- 
strict himself to his own narrowly 
personal returns, he reaps from his 
labors less than anyoneelse. His 
motive makes all the difference ;/ 
and the difference is all contained 
within his own mind. Selfishness is 
a pathetic sort of suicide which onij 
needs to be seen in its true nature 
to be abandoned in disgust. 


A LITTLE HUMOR 


“Two hearts that yearn 
For love's sweet prison, 
Where his is her 'n 
And her'n is his 'a." 

n 

FLOORED ! 


Editor: How’s the new society 
reporter? I told him to condense as 
much as possible. 

Assistant: He did. Here's his ac* 
eouiit of yesterday's afternoon tea: 
“Mrs. Lovely poured, Mrs. Jabber 
roared, Mrs. Duller bored, Mrs. 
Rasping gored and Mrs. Embon 
point snored." — Detroit Times. 




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THE SAC «Tof^*£7oF THE POOR 


The most precious gift, to either 
wealthy children, well born, well ,4 / 

t^ mU ***** f °- and £ 

This would seem nowadays to he 1 

4 rUth ’ but ’ like Ohrist- 
nobtJ’ r ed but the stage of 

YeL^ff U8S ‘ 0n a " d Phrasemaking. 
Yeai after year the unnecessary dL 
t ruction of child life „ y 
on sml „„ v a te g oes merrily 
on and so tar as the church and the 

politicians are concerned is likely to 
continue and increase. 7 

cerned SltT^ 17 is more «»• 

erned with the poor heathens abroad 
than with the rich heathens at home 

whide* the 6 deVl ’’ S m ° St a ° tive agents, 
while the average politician conscien 

tm^ly and industriously spends moft 

nation P awer and energy -making the 
nation for plutocracy.” 

Pare Pretty Badly 

Our statesmen who are supposed to 
represent the people concern 

sZk m o r f e p’ ith , the need * of the W 
stock of Canada than they do with 

the needs of the children so between 

the neglect of the church on the one 

aTchrist 1 ^ 1 -V he T mieS ° f chiUh °H 

as Christ did, and the politicians on 
the other taking it all in all, the 
children fare pretty badly. 

During the past four years, eettimr 
money fo , destruction was the oa!<f 
iest thing imaginable. We had only to 

LTam, the Street — e'the 

the g lik» d 1ISe 4. —gaphone and lo, 
the like manna from heaven, millions 
of do Wars poured down upon our pa- 
riotie heads, but when the Child Wel- 
fare Commitee went forth to procure 
a few thousands to feed proper milk 
to needy and sick babies it came after 
much pleading in dimes, nickels and 
quarters, and then short by a couple 
of thousands of the mark which the 
Committee set out to obtain 


in the country, my grocery bill is not 

bn hi e ‘i and li£e after death 
but he seemed helpless to gi ve j ’ 

any hope or help to solve her materW 

plainT°tf C Pr ° MemS 80 — nifestly 
Plain on this mundane sphere. 7 

Knows Power of Money 

This woman learned perhaps for 
the first time that, neither prayers 
patience nor serenity to the supposed’ 
»iil of God will help her feed her 
hungry brood. She knows the power 
of money, she has learned that while 
» e may expect mercy from God she 
must not look for mercy from’ the 
shoe trust who discharged her hus- 

St’TT th , e K W88 not sufficient 

i n his labor power to keen 

hun on the job. Money gives men 

t the ^ore, this 

8 the reason that governments are 
more concerned with things which hfve 
f money value than they are X 
human beings. The breeding feed 
j'' 8 B “ d Jurying of children is large- 

>Ls He^i W H ffair ’ *”*•»»* busi- 
and tl, i t t l ® lrres P°nsibility for 
and the destruction of child life. 

Freedom to Starve 


Hogs of more Concern 

J t strange” remarked one of 
the Child Welfare Committee, “that 
mgs, cattle and agriculture are of 
more concern to our politicians than 
chddren Nothing at all strange 
abou that. These are the ethics of 
profits. Cattle, pigs and agriculture 
iave a money power. Gold is the god 
of industry. Gold buys ease, travel 
uxury, titles coveted by most people.’ 

> . , While t , here are many people who 
bebeve that God is all-powerful 

- knws fr0m actual experien’ 

ee the power of money. “Don’t worry, 
be hopeful and pray. God is in his 
heaven, all is right with the world ” 
«ani the kindly Shephard who was v’is- 
«ing a member of his flock. “Yes 

y< but m Cried * he diStracted ’ -the"’ 
but my man is out of a job. Mamie 

has consumption and should be away 


The irresistible sex energy of the 

tTJ'nZ f C ° UMma ">lbio„s on 
the earth daily. Once here the strug- 

Si! 0 ’' m. ,St6nCe be ^ ins - For most of 
e millions every avenue of life is 
closed, the only freedom which is 
their birthright is the freedom to I 
fllowiy starve to death. The house or 

are boTii't 1 " 1 ' t,W maSSeS ° f eh lldren j 
file milk ° WMd by a landlord, 
Ind in, neoessar y f ° r both mother 
and child is controlled by the Milk 
Combine, the bread-the staff oft 

■ °l the entire gamut of human ex- 
istence. Everything needful from the 
crad!e to the coffin is controlled and 
triratified so that this boasted liberty 
reedom for which rivers of blood 

„7? 

h ’T7: Z »» 

ope, to be realized, through the 
awakening masses. 

V J'“* dreams f Philosophers of 

to-<ky Lt^ ‘ e f<?alitieS 0f the We 
to day. Let us never forget this 

mLent VG M bee ° me despondent and im- 

rn PMia% let U8 

comes along' and "'slys ^You"^ 

HkelV Y ngS ’ T, ‘ e " 0, ' ,d Was ^ways 
rXm” Can ChaUge humaa 

mwure . It’s a long step from our 
barbarous ancestors who roamed as 
noraacis over the plains to the college 


S. di8e0Verfes in ‘be scientific 

mu- v 55000 I*i/ves Given 

men thtff this 4 fi %- f ^e thousand 
ZV be ° W€r < ’ f Canadiaa manhood 
the strongest, the best, the most pro- 
mising sons of the working class gave 
heir lives with but one hope thlt 

iim°f gl s ,eir Sacrifice a «d suffer- 
g Canada might be made a better 
p ace t 0 live in. Ninety-five percent 
oi these boys came from working 
class homes, out from the loins of 
laboring men. They were nurture! on 
the breasts of working-class modern 
and l ep resent the fifty or aiv+v rx 

«. 01 «. /, i-sy; 

chtss Who grew up, not ttith ^ g 
of a far seeing beneficient nation but 
W 3 P*' te of social forces, greed ’ nd 
corruption which a blind selfish indi 
viduahstic government allowed to des- 
■ oy from preventihle causes. The 
fSTth 7 ° r fifty ceat ‘lied be 

fore they reached their fifth year. 

This army 0 f working class bovs 

ada° ^th g !T 7 ^ honor t0 Dan 

ada and the Empire, who beat the 

and 

hood, thanks Lt Ta Z JL 
eniment but through the saeriftf™; 1 

ing p e e!ple a ‘ ld ° f tbe 

120.000 Babies Died 
Canada lost during the war fifty- 

o E I ;r a K d i men ° n the battlefields 
of Europe but in the same time one 
hundred and twenty thousand Can- 
adian born babies died, mostly through 

pieventible cans^, ’brought abS 

uoiigi the Hun nearer home. While 
the German baby killers were busy 
n Europe, the baby killers in Cam 

fo! the^r'h 0 I 6 " 37 ' Th0Se res P 0,ls ible 
toi the high death rate are the peo- 

P ‘ be b — , Playgroups, 

P of l ’ br f d mid sta P ] e foods 

Znentlv m ° f the . peo P le ’ «”>- 

i V there is nothing left for 

their children but sure death throul 

impure milk, impure air, ineff c£ 

elothmg, and all that goes to Z 

teet the life of childhood P '°' 

CMld of No Value 

J 0 Z7t T •r Uld the g wer «ment be 
lowed to sit complacently by if sav 

urty thousand calves and pigs died 
annually from preventihle eafses I 
venture to say that every agency V 
eluding the pulpit, w 0u l! bf us!d To 
stem such a “national waste” and 
fmancal loss”, but live stock such 

and colte have a —’’ey 

value awl money is power. Children 
the mere children of the working S’ 
have „° p o Wer therefore no vafue! ’ 

When this loss of child life is 
presented a sense of deep indigna 

?ze! “.;r t ed in the avera ^ cit- 
izen. What a cruel waste, what a 

enme against childhood”. nTu re 

’T, 1S a bornMe P ictllre > an unanswer- 
able indictment against onr modern 


lmlf S tir < - ivilization - This is but 

bnngmg forth this human wreckX 

str4a,n m rh y <d ° gS and P oiao us life’s 
. , a ! ’ robs women of months of 

ealth and activity and children of 
tbe.r mother’s cares, often Zrml 
nently, for what 1 P nna ' 

A National Crime 

. Tbe waste of Child life is appal- 
mg, but when added to the waste of 
motherhood it becomes a PioVaJ 
o >me and the greatest condemnation 

tria^ IP 86 ?* P ° Htieal ai “’ iadns- 
Tna ^ ration. 

dav'of h"'- 18 ° f W ° me “ ,,ur9e Die 

ands L I k motherhood and thous- 
an.ls of babes lie, white-faced, an- 

aemic > n, ' k ety, and slowly wa Stine 
away awaiting the angel' of death 

t ° 0 r S e . them from a Hfe doomed 
si tenng an( ] despair. These 
little ones are robbed of their fatli- 

ors fight for democracy abroad 
and are unmercifully robbed of food 

SitePPrr ° f by D.e 

Think of this needless suffering 
'» a land of plenty, because a few 
men are inordinately selfish and the 
Ziff are appaI,i "glv ignorant and 

Sr 1 ..j 

Never has the womanhood of this 
nation suffered more, never did they 

lid hut eause for resen tment 
and bitterness. The god of war 

(•laiins their sons for the battlefields 
abroad and the gods of ( . ap -^ 
snatch, then- babes from their breasts 



Is this Nothing? 

Is this nothing to the statesmen 

mi m , 10D that thousands of 

mothers go down into the valley and 

cP.X„° h ,eath f ° bri,,g fartb tS 

fm, 6 • tb men and women of the 
0 f tU '; e i 18 n n °fhing that thousands 
of mothers must agonize i„ cold 
sweat as they watch their little ones 

Cwn 0U U Dt0 the Valley of the°un- 
mio-ht lisv 611 311 ? Ct ° f Parliament 

t‘ZZo’ ,h 

eis and children not of more account 
an animals, machinery, franchises 
banking charters and' such like? 
Everything i„ the universe was m!de 

aDll Z Ve ???’ Dot t0 ens lave him 
and his children. This, our states- 

BtPdPd 8 T a,,tS ’ mUSt fU ' Iy Un ' 3er - 

cording,; COmPe " ed ‘° a ‘- 

Never in all the history of this 
nation have intelligent, self respect- 
g men and women had greater 
‘•ause to blush for the misjoin 

ZJZ an,i P ett .v grovelling g f so . 
abed statesmen, or greatesr „ . 

' oeation to rebel against greed and 
hypocrisy masking under the guise 
LT\ 0t T: Politicians lofting 
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/ depriving children of their birth- 
right, home of its sanctity and sec- 
s urity, mothers of their rights, and 
I the masses of the people of the just 
1 rewards of their toil. 

People Must Awaken 

Wherein lies the remedy! In the 
people, not outside of them. In the 
people whose lives are most affect- 
ed, whose children die for want of 
"“'bod, a place to grow and to play. 
Those who work and toil, but who 
are not represented in governments, 
these are the people who must 
awaken to their own loss and deter' 
mine to mind their own business and 
place men and women of their own 
class to represent them, both in gov- 
ernments and on industrial and civic 
bodies. Surely it is evident on all 
sides that if the working people 
want anything done they must do it 
•for themselves, organize intelligent- 
ly and one hundred per cent on the 
industrial field, organize also on 
the political field. These two or- 
ganizations are but the arms of one 
body and must work in unison. 

There is need, a crying need for 
an infusion of intelligent democratic 
and humanitarian doctrines into our 
legislative assemblies. The institu- 
tions we were taught to believe in 
and look to for guidance and leader- 
ship are decadent, silent or worse, 
dead but not buried. With almost 
every issue of th# press we read of 
another millionaire being added to 
the list of the enormous dividends 
being created out of the necessities 
of life, and in the same issue of the 


ever-increasing infant mortality and 
the declining birth rate. 

Through Organization 

Only through complete organiza- 
tion of the people can liberty be 
achieved and poverty become a thing 
of the past. Then and only then 
will the people work to live, and 
not, as now’, live t6 work, and pro- 
duce profit power and life in abun- 
dance for a few who “do not toil 
neither do they spin 1 7 but who enjoy 
the fruits of the earth gathered and 
fed to them by an unthinking, dis- 
possessed mass of men, women and 
children. 

We must work so that the little 
children whos leives we are respons- 
ible tor may enjoy the “fruit where 
we had bu the thorn ; \ 


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